Sunshine Law amendment an insult to governor, Democrat says

6:27 PM,
Feb. 12, 2013

Written by

Jonathan Shorman
JSHORMAN@NEWS-LEADER.COM

In a debate filled with crosstalk, jabs at the opposition, and references to attempts to "pull down the governor's pants," the Missouri House of Representatives gave initial approval to a bill that changes the Missouri Sunshine Law.

Though both the House and Senate set out this week to simply reinstate expired open record exemptions for security planning by governmental bodies, the debate in both bodies quickly became more expansive and in the House on Tuesday turned into a referendum on the use of a state airplane by Gov. Jay Nixon.